New Venue and Expanded Program for The Photography Show Presented by AIPAD

The Photography
Show, presented by AIPAD, will be held March 30 - April 2, 2017, at its new
location at Pier 94 in New York City. More
than 100 of the world’s leading fine art photography galleries will present a
range of museum-quality work including contemporary, modern, and 19th-century
photographs, as well as photo-based art, video, and new media. One of the world’s most important
annual photography events, The
Photography Show is the longest running and
foremost exhibition dedicated to the photographic medium.

The Association of
International Photography Art Dealers (AIPAD) is working closely with galleries, curators,
artists, and collectors to create an expanded program for the highly
anticipated 37th edition of the fair, which commences with a
vernissage on March 29, 2017.

“This will be the most exciting year in
AIPAD’s history,” said Catherine Edelman, President, AIPAD, and Owner,
Catherine Edelman Gallery, Chicago. “We are thrilled to be building an
innovative and larger fair at Pier 94 with more U.S. galleries, more
international galleries, and even more of the expertise, scholarship, and
connoisseurship that people expect from AIPAD.”

SPECIAL
EXHIBITIONS

For the first time, The Photography Show will have the
opportunity to present special loan exhibitions. Three exhibitions will be on
view at the Show with photography from the noted private collections of Martin
Margulies, Artur Walther, and Madeleine Plonsker.

TALKS AND PANEL DISCUSSIONS

An expanded
program of talks and panel discussions featuring leading curators, artists,
collectors, and journalists will be announced In January.

AWARDS AND HONORS

The Arnold Newman
Prize for New Directions in Photographic Portraiture, presented by Maine Media
Workshops + College, will be awarded to a photographer whose work demonstrates
a compelling new vision in the genre of portraiture. The prizewinner, who
receives an award of $20,000 and an exhibition in New York City, will be
announced during the vernissage for The Photography Show on March 29, 2017. An
exhibition featuring the finalists will be on view at The Photography Show. The
annual award was established by the Arnold and Augusta Newman Foundation in
2009 to recognize and reward excellence in new directions in photographic
portraiture.

The AIPAD Awardhonors visionaries who have
contributed to the field of photography including artists, curators,
publishers, and others. The first recipients of the newlyinaugurated annual award are Sandra Phillips, longtime curator of
photography at the San Francisco Museum of Modern Art, and Anne Tucker,
founding curator of photography at Museum of Fine Arts, Houston. Both curators
will be honored in a public celebration during The Photography Show.

EXHIBITORS

The Photography Show –
presenting more than 100 exhibitors with 40 new participants – will feature galleries from across the U.S. and around the world,
including Europe, Asia, Canada, Mexico, the Middle East, and South America.
With four new sections – Salon, Gallery,
Positions, and Discovery – the
Show will offer work from established and new AIPAD members and first-time
exhibitors, as well as younger galleries, and book dealers and publishers.

SHOW INFORMATION

The
Photography Show presented by AIPAD will be held from Thursday, March 31, through
Sunday, April 2, 2017. A public vernissage will be held on Wednesday, March 29,
from 5:00 -9:00 p.m.

A Media Preview
will be held for The Photography Show presented by AIPAD on Wednesday, March 29, 2017, from 2:00 to 5:00 p.m. To RSVP, please
contact Margery Newman at pr@aipad.com.

AXA ART, PREMIER CORPORATE PARTNER OF AIPAD

AXA ART has
renewed its support of AIPAD and The Photography Show. “We are delighted to
continue our relationship as Premier Corporate Partner of AIPAD,” said
Christiane Fischer, President and CEO of AXA ART Americas. “AIPAD’s work in
promoting the best in fine art photography spans 37 years, and we look forward
with great enthusiasm to joining the 2017 edition of the Show in its new home.”

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AIPAD BACKGROUND

Founded in 1979, The Association of
International Photography Art Dealers (AIPAD) represents more than 120 of the
world’s leading galleries in fine art photography. AIPAD is dedicated to
creating and maintaining the highest standards of scholarship and ethical
practice in the business of exhibiting, buying, and selling fine art
photography. More information is available at www.aipad.com.